FP green turbo worth the price?
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From: Bloomington, Illinois
Not with the same mods and boost level! Like I said had put a green on the same day that I got tuned I would have lost power. On pump gas I am not saying that I would have lost alot, but I would have lost power!!!!!!!!
, but if you actually want to run one on your car add another $3000 for a kit...
The closest competitors would be a 50 Trim or 3065, both of which are $3000+ kits that spool later and really only make measurable differences over the Green at high boost (ie, meth or race gas).
For those on pump gas that don't want to rev to 8000k on a huge turbo, or don't want to spend $3000 on a kit that they won't use to its full potential (ie, pump gas only) then the Green is absolutely worth every penny.
IMHO, the people that truly work the green to its full potential are smart. If you port exhaust and intake mani's, throttle body, and have big O2 housing and big, hard IC piping, the Green flows very very well.
Many people will shoot it down because you can't just bolt on the kit, rev it to 8000RPM, and see 100whp gains. That's not what it's inteded for. It's inteded to pick up where the stock IX turbo leaves off... when you've done all supporting mods and built the engine properly (even with stock internals) the green is excellent.
Last edited by recompile; Oct 13, 2007 at 07:33 AM.
400whp on a dynojet...yes.
400whp on a DD...that's asking for a little much, unless you're really talking about pushing things for dyno queen numbers IMHO. I guess it depends on how the dyno is calibrated.
400whp on a DD...that's asking for a little much, unless you're really talking about pushing things for dyno queen numbers IMHO. I guess it depends on how the dyno is calibrated.
Strange that you feel that way. A green can be had for $1000, ready to install and only $1700 if you don't have a IX turbo to upgrade from.
The closest competitors would be a 50 Trim or 3065, both of which are $3000+ kits that spool later and really only make measurable differences over the Green at high boost (ie, meth or race gas).
For those on pump gas that don't want to rev to 8000k on a huge turbo, or don't want to spend $3000 on a kit that they won't use to its full potential (ie, pump gas only) then the Green is absolutely worth every penny.
IMHO, the people that truly work the green to its full potential are smart. If you port exhaust and intake mani's, throttle body, and have big O2 housing and big, hard IC piping, the Green flows very very well.
Many people will shoot it down because you can't just bolt on the kit, rev it to 8000RPM, and see 100whp gains. That's not what it's inteded for. It's inteded to pick up where the stock IX turbo leaves off... when you've done all supporting mods and built the engine properly (even with stock internals) the green is excellent.
The closest competitors would be a 50 Trim or 3065, both of which are $3000+ kits that spool later and really only make measurable differences over the Green at high boost (ie, meth or race gas).
For those on pump gas that don't want to rev to 8000k on a huge turbo, or don't want to spend $3000 on a kit that they won't use to its full potential (ie, pump gas only) then the Green is absolutely worth every penny.
IMHO, the people that truly work the green to its full potential are smart. If you port exhaust and intake mani's, throttle body, and have big O2 housing and big, hard IC piping, the Green flows very very well.
Many people will shoot it down because you can't just bolt on the kit, rev it to 8000RPM, and see 100whp gains. That's not what it's inteded for. It's inteded to pick up where the stock IX turbo leaves off... when you've done all supporting mods and built the engine properly (even with stock internals) the green is excellent.
Though I really don't know how much HP the car is making right now either. I was thinking I'd hit maybe 360hp on a DD...